Chilliwack Opportunity Society
Publicly funded institution · Chilliwack, British Columbia · BN 106915283RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,814,666) as filed with the CRA.
Chilliwack Opportunity Society is a charitable organization based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,065.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $786K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Community inclusion day programs for adults with developmental disabilities life skills literacy community access leisure recreation and volunteerism
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $9,967 | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $15K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $986K | $829K | $19K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $864K | $826K | $685K | $21K | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $786K | $807K | $660K | $35K | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,065 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Loewen (president); Tina Loewen (director); Mike Robinson (treasurer); Marty Van Den Bosch (vice president); Kristy Van Den Bosch (director); Janine Takema (director); Valerie Scott (director); Tamilee Kornelson (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chilliwack Opportunity Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106915283RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.